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A magical transformation
White Night Melbourne transformed our city into an enchanted wonderland on February 18-19
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Melbourne Fashion Festival
The famous Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF) is back this year from March 1 – 19 and, while the runways take place at the Melbourne Museum, there’s a whole range of events you can attend around the CBD too!
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Explorers to be removed, restored and returned
The Burke and Wills memorial will be removed from its City Square site and restored while Metro Tunnel is being built.
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Council slammed over homeless law
At the February 7 Future Melbourne Committee meeting, the City of Melbourne voted to potentially expand the definition of camping for rough sleepers in the CBD.
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Night market celebrates singles
The Summer Night Market hosted Melbourne’s biggest singles party on Wednesday, February 15.
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Sharing community stories
A new City Gallery exhibition, “City Songs”, captures the faces and voices of a single CBD block.
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The sky’s the limit for CBD education
Top education is now at our doorstep with Haileybury's fifth campus opened on King St.
Read MoreMore free Wi-Fi
Melbourne Citi Free Wi-Fi and Melbourne Metro Free Wi-Fi have extended their CBD coverage.
Read MoreNew home for the White Tower Melbourne
A gift from sister-city Thessaloniki has found a new home in the foyer of the Greek Centre on Lonsdale St.
Read MoreShort-stay rental ban
New York has joined a growing list of cities to ban short-stay accommodation in residential buildings.
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Honouring a community leader
CBD resident and lawyer John Corcoran was on January 26 appointed as a member of the Order for Australia.
Read MoreFootpath upgrade a waste of money
Approval for major construction will see a footpath upgrade on the corner of A’Beckett and Queen streets potentially become nothing but a waste of money.
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High price for being cool
A tour group has just arrived in the Cathedral Arcade to admire the inspiring glass ceiling.
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Where is the real power at Town Hall?
There is a great misconception out there that councillors hold the power at City of Melbourne. Alas, truth be told, it is the officers who are really in control.
Read MoreMelbourne drops in student ranking
Melbourne is again ranked the best Australian city for students, but its world rank has fallen from the second to fifth.
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Expert guides to managing a city
A conversation at MPavilion saw top minds discuss the relationship between community and city on February 10.
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Inspirational
New William Angliss Institute students were inspired by four diverse, but complementary speakers on February 16.
Read MoreNo progress on council vacancy
The City of Melbourne is no closer to having it’s 11th councillor following a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) hearing into the matter on February 21.
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Flinders St camp takes a violent turn
Tensions boiled over as Victoria Police moved in to clear the homeless camp outside Flinders St Station on February 1, resulting in five arrests.
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